Loggerhead Nests

Originally published: 2008

Biologists from Mote Marine are checking loggerhead nests in Sarasota this week. High tides from the latest storm are potential danger to the nests. The biologists are checking to see how many nests are still in place. The report should be finished in a week according to a news broadcast last night.

Luckily as Nick Herron reported earlier, the second turtle nest behind one our Casey Key listings hatched, and Mote dug it up while Nick was showing property one day so we don't know how many baby turtles hatched. It was a good thing these babies got on their way as Nick reports a lot of the nest were destroyed by the storm(Fay). Seven of the yellow marker stakes from other nests washed up on Casey Key beach behind our listing.